Portrait of Robin Ellis

Robin Ellis

Acting

Biography

Anthony Robin Ellis (born 8 January 1942) is a British actor and cookery book writer best known for his role as Captain Ross Poldark in the 29 episodes of the 1975 BBC classic series Poldark, adapted from a series of books by the British author Winston Graham. He also appeared in Fawlty Towers, Cluedo, The Good Soldier (an adaptation of the Ford Madox Ford novel), Elizabeth R (playing Essex), The Moonstone, Bel Ami, Sense and Sensibility (which also featured Clive Francis), The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, She Loves Me (in which he sings) and Blue Remembered Hills (written by Dennis Potter). In 2015–17 and 2019 he appeared in the Poldark series remake as Reverend Halse.

Born: January 8, 1942

Place of Birth: Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK

Filmography

2015
Poldark

as Reverend Halse

2005
Wallander

as Tom Lyell

1994
The Trial of Lord Lucan

as Sir Charles Moore

1992
Heartbeat

as Joe Henderson

1992
Heartbeat

as Sir Richard Lonsdale

1990
Cluedo

as Colonel Mike Mustard

1985
End of Empire

as Narrator

1984
Sherlock Holmes

as Sir Robert Norberton

1982
Timewatch

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1982
Bright Eyes

as Sam Howard

1981
The Good Soldier

as John Dowell

1980
1980
1979
The Europeans

as Robert Acton

1979
She Loves Me

as Georg Nowack

1978
1975
Poldark

as Ross Poldark

1975
Fawlty Towers

as Danny Brown

1972
The Moonstone

as Franklin Blake

1972
The Moonstone

as Franklin Blake

1971
1971
Elizabeth R

as Robert Devereaux

1971
Sense and Sensibility

as Edward Ferrars

1970
1970
1969
1969
The Main Chance

as Donald Gordon Hopwood

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